Castration Complications: The First 24 Hours After Gelding are Critical

Chubby Poco Chick should have been castrated while he was still a weanling or even a yearling, but life kept getting in the way. At age three, our Quarter Horse colt was good-natured and docile, but we arenâ€™t breeders, and he wasn't breeding material. We knew just enough to wait for good weather--not too hot, not too cold--to schedule an appointment with our veterinarian to have hi

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